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	Science Fair Projects - Nasrani
		The Nasrani Qurbana used to be sung in the Suryani (Syrian) and Aramaic languages.
		The symbol of the Nasranis is based on the Jewish menorah, the ancient symbol of the Jewish people.
		The Nasrani menorah became a representation of the Christian Jewish tradition, and became the etched symbol with a central cross (on behalf of the first candle) and with branches, three on either side of the cross on behalf of the 6 other candles of the Jewish symbol.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Nasrani_Menorah (1219 words)

	Nasrani
		A Nasrani is a type of Christian from Kerala, South India who follows the earliest form of Christian-Jewish tradition of the early Christians.
		The symbol of the Nasranis was/is based on the Jewish symbol of the menorah.
		Most of the Nasranis in Kerala today belong to either the Syro Malabar Catholic Church which also includes the Knanaya community, the Marthoma Syrian Church, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/n/na/nasrani.html (738 words)

	Syrian Malabar Nasrani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Syrian Malabar Nasranis are comprised of some of the earliest people who joined Christianity, including local people of Kerala and many Malabar Jews from the Jewish diaspora of the pre-Christian era who were settled in Kerala.
		The Nasrani Qurbana used to be sung in the Suryani (Syriac) and Aramaic languages.
		A Nasrani Palli or temple of worship with the Holy of Holies containing the Nasrani Menorah or Mar Thoma Sliba veiled by a red curtain in the tradition of ancient Jewish synagogue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Malabar_Nasrani (2955 words)

	Kerala
		A Christian-Jewish community was later established by a contingent of Jewish Nasranis led by Knai Thoma who arrived in 345.
		The Nasranis (also called Syrian Christians of Kerala) resisted the conversion attempts of the Portuguese to bring them under the Pope, and instead established an independent Church.
		Vasco da Gama's voyage to Kerala from Portugal in 1498 was largely motivated by Portuguese determination to break the Arabs' control over the trade between local spice producers and the Middle East, which existed even before Islam originated.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ke/Kerala.htm (3005 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Before the arrival of the Knanaya people, the early Nasrani people in the Malabar coast included some local converts and many converted Jewish people who had settled in Kerala during the Babylonian exile and after.
		They were deeply against the Roman rule of Israel and fought against the Romans for the sovereignty of the Jews.
		During their struggle the K'nanaim people become followers of the Jewish sect led by 'Yeshua Nasrani' (Jesus the Nazarene).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /sojan.t/history.html (433 words)

	Passover & appams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Nasranis have slowly spread through the country but the first Syrian Christian Church was established in Delhi only in 1964, and even now the sect is mostly made up of people from south India, especially Kerela.
		The establishment of the Mar Gregorios parish in Janakpuri in 1976 and then the foundation of the Church in 1980 reflected the growing numbers of Nasranis in the city, and the centre of the Church has shifted to Janakpuri from Hauz Khas.
		The Nasranis were integrated in Malayalee culture and considered high caste and when the Portuguese came to India they were amongst the most persecuted groups, because they preserved a lot of Jewish traditions from the original converts to Christianity in India and had also gained a few particularly Indian customs.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=161727 (466 words)

	Christianity / saint thomas christians
		Their tradition goes back to the very beginnings of first century Christian thought, and the seven churches that are believed to have been established by St.
		The Nasranis are an ethnic people and in that sense a single community.
		However the Nasranis have various denominations as a result of Portuguese persecution.
	www.christianity-guide.com /christianity/saint_thomas_christians.htm (1293 words)

	Forum :: Faith and Religion :: The Sabath??
		The Bishop, a native of Israel, explains that the Nasranis were the direct descendants of the Christian community of Jerusalem which migrated to Pella prior to the A.D. 70 destruction of Jerusalem.
		The fact that the Nasranis, who represent the direct descendants of the Jerusalem Church, retained Sabbathkeeping as one of their distinguishing characteristics up to this very day shows convincingly that the Jerusalem Church observed the Sabbath during the apostolic age.
		The Jerusalem Church, the Nasranis, never taught that there was a break from the Ten Commandments and the observance of the Sabbath.
	www.bentoncountyissues.com /bentoncounty/read.php?7,10686 (7769 words)

	Forefathers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Brahmin families who got converted to Christianity and the Churches he established heralded the advent of a new era of enlightenment.
		The Christians of Kerala are known by different names: Marthoma Christians, Malankara Nasranis, Syrian Christians, mapillas, Tharisians, 'Arupathinalkurs' and soon.
		History infers that these people who had achieved oneness with the cultural mainstream were in religion Christian, by worship Eastern and by culture completely Indian.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/forefathers.html (1211 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 345 CE, Kerala?s Nasrani community was founded by Jewish Christian settlers under merchant Knai Thomman.
		While seeking to convert Nasranis to Roman Catholicism, they established fortresses and settlements, ending the Arab monopoly of trade.
		Nasrani Valia Palli (St. Mary?s Church), located in Thazhathangadi, Kottayam.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/kerala (4203 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Nasrani people and especially the Knanaya people within the Nasranis have strong Jewish historical ties.
		Their form of Christianity is one of the most ancient: Syriac Christianity which is also known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and referred to in India as Saint Thomas Christians.
		The Knanaya and Nasrani Christian groups also have strong historical ties to Judaism.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=religion_in_India (2188 words)

	rajesh.kakkanatt - Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Later, in 345 CE, Kerala’s Nasrani community was founded by Jewish Christian settlers under the Jewish merchant Knai Thomman.
		More than 1,100 years later, Vasco da Gama’s 20 May 1498 arrival inaugurated a period of Portuguese colonial administration, with the goal of controlling a lucrative spice trade.
		While seeking to convert Nasranis to Roman Catholicism, they also established fortresses and settlements, thereby ending an Arab trade monopoly.
	rajesh.kakkanatt.googlepages.com /kerala (3318 words)

	Nasrani Church of the East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Most of their work is in Asia and they do a lot of missionary work and humanitarian assistance to flood victims and for AIDS patience in Africa and other countries.
		However, I'm not doubting the existence of Nestorians, I'm doubting the existence of the Nasrani Church of The East and if this particular group of people involved are legitimate or not.
		But the Nasranis are more strict than the Assyrians and I was told by an Assyrian church that I should find a protestant church to join so that turned me off.
	www.orthodoxchristianity.net /forum/index.php?topic=7239.0 (2616 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Regional : Asia : India : Kerala
		Cheraman Perumal, the then king of Malabar issued a proclamation giving land and privileges to the Knanaya Yehudeya(Jewish)-Nasranis on copper plates on a Saturday in March (Kumbham 29), 345.
		The Nasranis (also called Syrian-Christians in Kerala) resisted the conversion attempts of the Portuguese to bring them under Romans or the Pope with Latin rite, and instead established a church based on ancient Hebrew-Jewish traditions using original Syriac/Aramaic language for their liturgy.
		The story of St. Thomas visiting Kerala is disputed by many historians from India and abroad.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Regional-Asia/India-Kerala.shtml (3396 words)

	Syrian Christian Matrimonials,Syrian Christian Matrimonial Sites,Syrian Matrimonial Sites India,Syrian Matrimonial ...
		The term Syrian-Malabar Nasrani therefore means people of Christian-Jewish tradition who follow Jesus of Nazareth and are migrated from Syria to the Malabar Coast of South India.
		Sacred Symbol: The symbol of the Nasranis is the Syrian cross, also called as Nasrani Menorah or Mar Thoma kurish in Malayalam.
		It may be noted that the Christian cross was not adopted as a symbol by Mediterranean and European Christianity until several centuries have passed.
	www.surfindia.com /matrimonials/syrian-christian.html (473 words)

	Bharat Rakshak Forum :: View topic - J & K News and Discussion
		Nasranis are a term mostly used for Syrian Christians whose rites and practices are best termed as Judeo - Orthodox Christian in flavour and Hindu in culture.
		Nasranis) have been around for a very long time - or so I've been told by people much older than me. I mentioned this, because I'm one.
		I am really please to know of the friendly relations between "Nasranis" such as yourself and the Jewish diaspora in your country.
	forums.bharat-rakshak.com /viewtopic.php?p=241784 (6789 words)

	Noahidenews350
		They also use the name Nestorian Nasranis due to it's ancient connections with the missionary minded Assyrian Church of the East, which is also called the Church of the Oriental Nasraya (i.e.
		This group also makes "Nasrani" connect to the Akkadian word "Nettara" which means "to protect, guard or watch." This fits into their church lore that they are the true and continuing ancient Church, and the authentic "Guardians" of the Faith of Jerusalem.
		This Nestorian Homeland exists, according to the church, "along the border of Thailand extending from Laos to the Adaman Sea." Some 25,000 church members are said to presently inhabit this kingdom, with Nestorian refugees from Iraq included.
	www.samliquidation.com /noahidenews350.htm (11762 words)

	Glory in a Camel's Eye; ISBN-10: 0618155473 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There were also faux guides who set upon Nasranis (“foreigners,” or more exactly, “Nazarenes,” “Christians”) in the streets.
		They glided down Marrakesh’s alleys of dung-leavened dust, their kohl-daubed eyes alert, their breasts swinging under the silk of flowing djellabas, their hair glinting with the warm tints of henna.
		The prospect of marrying a rich (to them) American made me attractive enough, as did the chance to dabble in pleasures of the flesh with a forbidden Christian; they knew that Nasranis would not despise them as whores for sleeping with them.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /catalog/titledetail.cfm?textType=excerpt&titleNumber=688027 (3615 words)

	Saint Thomas Christians
		Nasrani Mappila (Respected Nazarene) became a frequent appellation.
		An old Malayalam proverb says that "Flies, cats, dogs, and Nasranis have no pollution" -- a saying with an edge, perhaps, but one recognizing that to touch a Thomas Christian is not polluting for high-caste Hindus.
		Thomas Christians were given right of access to Hindu temples.
	www.webcom.com /~gnosis/thomasbook/ch16.html (1850 words)

	Brahmanyan
		This is the earliest Syrian Christian Centre known as Syrian Nasranis in Malabar Area.
		Nasrani is the term used for the followers of "Nazarene messaiah (Jesus)".
		Similarly the Cheraman Jama Masjid in Kodungallur is the oldest and perhaps the first Mosque in India built around 612 AD.
	o3.indiatimes.com /Brahmanyan (5353 words)

	History of the Church of Jerusalem - the Torah Observant Nesarim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Church of Jerualem has its roots in Israel, Persia and Southeast Asia, with the Apostles Peter, James and Thomas around 33 CE (AD) This Church is Eastern in origin and is an autocephalous, self ruling hierarchy.
		As Christianity spread, and the persecutions of Jews and Jewish Christians by Roman authorities in their homeland increased, causing the dispersion of the Nesarim (Nasrayas, Nazaraeans, Nasranis) from Jerusalem, the import of the Church and its impact on the ongoing life in Jerusalem began to diminish in the Holy Land.
		As other churches gained pre-eminence (namely Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, etc) the Church of Jerusalem was accorded a place of honor with them among the five original Christian Patriarchates of the Christian world.
	www.churchofjerusalem.org /history (2835 words)

	Kumarkoma Lake Reosrt (kumarakom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The ancestral house of Mr.K.M.Philipose of Kuruppanteth family in Naranmmoozhy Panchayath in Pathanamthitta District is a century old and was once on the banks of the Pampa river.
		Traditionally, members of this Nasranis (early Christian) were conferred the honour of protecting the holy deity of Aranmula Temple when the lord was taken on procession.
		It was the family's right to supply oil for the Temple and provisions to the Temple kitchen.
	www.indiatravelite.com /ayurveda/kumarkoamlakeresort.htm (1108 words)

	Nestorian label "imposed unjustly upon the Assyrians"
		There is only one Nestorian Church and it is Orthodox and is the Mother Church of Jerusalem that fled from persecution in the early 130's A.D. These are the Nazarean followers of Jesus Christ recorded in the history of Eusibius and others.
		Today the Nestorian Orthodox Church is known as the "Nasrani Church of the East" but it cannot be confused with the Assyrian Catholic Church because as has been stated above the Assyrians are not Nestorians.
		The Nasranis are probably one of the best kept secrets on American soil.
	www.christiansofiraq.com /nestorian1085.html (871 words)

	International Christian Church of Jerusalem
		130 - 152 Oraham I (Nasranis were expelled from Jerusalem in 135 C.E.)
		The Jerusalem Church did not identify themselves as "Assyrian" as they wished to retain their Sabbatarian heritage and ancient Israelite customs; Bishops were in charge of maintaining the Israelite customs because it appeared the Assyrian Catholicoi were not interested in the Jewish roots of the Church)
		1505 - 1513 Ishayu (consecrated by Bishops of both the Nasrani Church and Assyrian Church; elected as Patriarch by the Nasrani Jerusalem Church; the Nasranis and Assyrians have not re-united since this episcopal consecration*)
	www.christianchurchofjerusalem.org /index.php?action=lineage (993 words)

	Malabar information - Search.com
		The Malabar Coast features a number of historic port cities, notably Kozhikode (Calicut), Cochin, and Quilon, that have served as centers of the Indian Ocean trade for centuries.
		Because of their orientation to the sea and to maritime commerce, the Malabar coast cities feel very cosmopolitan, and hosted some of the first groups of christians (now known as Syrian Malabar Nasranis), Jews (today called as Cochin Jews), and Muslims (at present known as Mappilas) in India.
		Geographically, the Malabar Coast, especially on its westward-facing mountain slopes, comprises the wettest region of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Malabar (786 words)

	Jihad Watch: UK: jihadist sold poisoned burgers from streetcorner stand
		This was a hate-ridden but foolish man ignorantly fantasizing aloud, and trying to sound bigger than he was.
		Fishermen brag about how big was the one that got away; Muslims about all the Nasranis they killed.
		Not that these guys were not out to kill, but the way they were caught (to use another fishing metaphor) like tunafish in the net, with the police and intelligence services recording their conversations for months before they arrested them, hardly suggests that their cunning matched their hatred.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/010730.php (3493 words)

	Islamic University of Rotterdam
		Both sides, Christian and Muslim, seem to `refuse' to call each other by their `proper' names.
		Muslims call Christians Nasranis (the followers of the man from Nazareth) and Rums (related to the Romans) while Christians call Muslims Mohammedans (cf.
		Lewis, 1998, p.12) although Muslims do not regard themselves as followers of the prophet Mohammed in the way Christians regard themselves as followers of Christ.
	www.islamicuniversity.nl /en/showarticlenews.asp?id=336 (5460 words)

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